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Iron round shape openwork tsuba

Swastika and wild geese openwork motif

Openwork, Polished Itame wooden grain surface, Heating quench process

Rounded contour Mimi edge, both hitsu-ana punches

Signed : Kazunari-zou

Naruki Kazuhiko (Issei/Kazunari) (Nakatsugawa-city Intangible Cultural Asset)

79.5x79.0mm Mimi edge 5.3mm thick

Set in a high quality concaved paulownia wooden box signed and stamped by the artisan with the date of year In the 8th month,58th year of Showa (1983)

Artisan Naruki Kazuhiko 成木一彦 - smith name Kazunari (Issei) 一成  was born in 1931 and learned from Takahashi Kaishu 高橋介州.

He has been trying to re-produce the Iron Tsubas, such as Owari, Kanayama, Akasaka and Yagyu using fine steel from his own smelting furnace "TATARA".

  • Nakatsugawa-city Intangible Cultural Asset in 1981
  • a Medal with Yellow Ribbon awarded in 1986
  • Mukansa awarded from NBTHK  in 2009